Ukraine Kyiv: There are no red lines in the confrontation with Russia

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Mikhail Podoliak , the adviser to the chief of staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that all red lines regarding the conflict in Ukraine have disappeared. 

He wrote on his Telegram channel last night: “All the red lines have disappeared. Everything that seemed unimaginable yesterday has become a reality today. Does this cause aggravation? Yes.”

In addition, John Kirby, the coordinator of strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, announced last night that Washington would never allow Ukraine to use defense systems. It has not restricted airspace outside its airspace.

“There was no restriction on Ukrainians shooting down enemy planes, even when those planes were necessarily in their airspace,” he said. Not Ukrainians. I’m talking about the fact that Kiev can shoot down Russian planes that are an immediate threat. They have been doing this since the beginning of the conflict.”

Kirby also stressed that Ukrainian officials understand the “orders that have been given to them.” In addition, he added that the United States “cannot monitor on a daily basis the use of American weapons provided by the armed forces of Ukraine”.

A day before This White House official said that the United States has authorized the Ukrainian military to use “special and limited” use of American weapons to attack military targets on Russian soil.

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American publication: The West should not ignore Russia’s readiness for negotiations

American publication “The American Conservative” in an analysis wrote that Western countries should stop ignoring the openness of the Russian leadership to negotiations on Ukraine. In the past, the Kremlin has made many statements about Russia’s readiness to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the conflict. This issue was especially emphasized in the joint statement of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the presidents of Russia and China in Beijing. 

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Putin has suggested that a possible peace deal could be part of a new comprehensive agreement to ensure security in Europe for all, according to observers of the publication. And this issue will obviously benefit Ukraine and European countries.  The Istanbul Peace Agreement was partially blocked by the West because at the time they refused to provide security guarantees to Ukraine that would have forced NATO to go to war with Russia in the event of an invasion. But in the current situation, a comprehensive European security structure that covers both countries can reduce the concerns of the West and at the same time provide security guarantees for Ukraine and Russia.

This article concluded: “Now that tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are injured or killed every month and there is a risk of losing more territory, isn’t it worth at least exploring the option of negotiating with Russia? » 

Sullivan: Biden may meet with Zelensky in France or Italy

“The president will have two important interactions with President Zelensky within a week,” Sullivan said. . Zelensky and Biden will be in France, as well as in Italy for the G7 summit. Zelensky will not personally participate in the meeting of the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, which will be held on June 13-15 in the province of Apulia, Italy.

The G7 plan to provide loans to Ukraine using the profits of Russian assets

Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary last night while speaking to the US Senate Appropriations Committee He announced that the member states of the G7 group are considering a plan to provide a loan to Ukraine that will be repaid using the proceeds from Russia’s frozen assets.

He expressed hope. made it possible to finalize the work on this plan to be presented to the leaders at the upcoming G7 summit next week.

According to the US Treasury Secretary, Washington is He is consulting with his allies and partners about the possibility of using Russian assets to help Kiev. About 204 billion dollars – stored in the international Euroclear platform “Euroclear” in Belgium.  They no longer belong to Russia, and now the European Union has taken steps to remove these profits and direct them more to meet the needs of Ukraine.

According to him, thus This benefit would be between $3 billion and $5 billion per year and would accumulate as long as it remains frozen. We are talking about an amount equal to 50 billion dollars.

Seeing another American drone over the Black Sea

Data released by Flightradar24 on Monday revealed that a US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the Black Sea about 250 kilometers from Yalta has been observed flying.

According to this information, this drone crossed the airspace of Bulgaria and followed a path towards the coastal waters of the Black Sea.

Yesterday it became clear that an American RQ-4B Global Hawk reconnaissance drone disappeared from the radar screen during a mission over the Black Sea near Crimea.

At the end of May, an RQ-4B Global Hawk drone was seen in the sky of the Black Sea and near the port of Sochi. 

The biggest Swiss party demanded to invite Russia to the conference in Ukraine The Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which is the largest faction in the Swiss parliament, asked the country’s leadership to invite Russia to the conference on Ukraine.

In the statement published The official website of this party states: The meeting of Swiss leaders should not become a one-sided conference that only promotes and supplies weapons to Kiev. Such an approach would have devastating consequences and would draw Switzerland further into the conflict. The Federal Council should make every effort to ensure that the Russian side will also participate in the Borgenstock Conference. This means a formal written invitation from Russia by Switzerland.

The party reminded: Russia has already made it clear that it does not intend to participate in the conference. This refusal is actually the result of the hasty support of the Swiss government to one of the sides of this military conflict, which is contrary to the neutral positions of this country. 

They stressed that the Swiss leadership must return to the principles of neutrality, otherwise the Swiss Federal Council will be responsible for a possible escalation of the conflict after the summit.

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Bloomberg: The purpose of the Swiss summit is to involve Russia in future negotiations

Agencies Referring to the draft of the final document of the Swiss conference, Bloomberg news reported that the participants of this summit, which is dedicated to the issue of Ukraine, plan to include Russia in future negotiations after increasing the level of trust.

Ukraine conference will be held on June 15-16 in Burgenstock, Switzerland. It is now clear that Vladimir Zelensky has reduced his “peace formula” from ten to three. According to experts, this was done to attract as many leaders as possible to participate in this meeting. 

The authors of the final document also noted that although Russia was not invited to the meeting, an end to the conflict should certainly be discussed with the participation of Kiev and Moscow.

In an interview with Time, Biden recommended reading Putin’s February 21, 2022 speech

The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, in an interview with the American magazine “Time” yesterday, brought with him the copy of Vladimir Putin’s speech addressed to Russian citizens on February 21, 2022 regarding the recognition of the independence of the two republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Reading recommended that they study it.

He noted that Putin had indicated in that speech that he considers Ukraine to be inextricably linked to Russian culture and spiritual atmosphere. And Ukrainians used to call themselves Russians and still live in lands that historically belong to Russia.

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